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How Ya Gonna Keep ‘em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree?
Intro:
Verse 1
Rueben, Rueben I’ve been thinkin’ said his wifey dear
Now that things are peaceul and calm soon the boys will be back to the farm,
Mr. Rueben started winkin’ and slowly rubbed his chin,
He pulled his chair up close to mother and asked her with a grin...
Chorus 1
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from liquor, jazzin’ around, painting the town?
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from harm, that’s the mystery,
They’ll never want to see a rake or a plow, and who the deuce can par-leles-vous a cow?
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?
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Verse 2
Mr. Rueben you’re mistaken said his wifey dear,
Once a farmer always a jay, farmers always stick to the hay,
Mrs. Rueden, I’m not fakin’ and please don’t think me strange,
But wine and women make the mischief with boys who are loose with change,
Chorus 2
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from liquor, jazzin’ around, painting the town?
How ya gonna keep ‘em away from harm, that’s the mystery,
Imagine Reuben when he greets his Pa, He’ll kiss his cheeks and holler “Ooo-la-la”,
How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?
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K-K-K-Katy
Geoffrey O’Hara 1918
CHORUS:
K-K-K Katy, beautiful Katy, you’re the only G-G-G- Girl that I adore,
When the moon shines, over the cowshed, I’ll be waiting at your K-K-K-Kitchen door.
V1.
Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold, Katy was a maid with hair of gold,
Like an act of fate, Kate was standing at the gate, watching all the boys on dress parade.
Jimmy with the girls was just a gawk, stuttered ev’ry time he tried to talk.
Still the night at eight, he was there at Katy’s gate, stuttering to her this love sick cry,
REPEAT CHORUS:
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K-K-K-Katy 2.
V2.
No one ever looked so nice and neat, no one could be just as cute and sweet,
That’s what Jimmy thought, when the wedding ring he bought,
Now he’s off to France the foe to meet,
Jimmy thought he’d like to take a chance, See if he could make the Kaiser dance,
Stepping to a tune, all about the sil’ry moon, This is what they hear in far off France.
REPEAT CHORUS:
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Whispering
Honey I have something to tell you and it’s worthwhile listening to,
Put your little head on my shoulder so that I whisper to you...
Chorus:
Whispering while you cuddle near me, whispering so no one hear me,
Each little whisper seems to cheer me, I now it’s true there’s no one, dear, but you.
Whispering why you’ll never leave me, whispering why you’ll never grieve me,
Whisper and say that you believe me, whispering that I love you.
When the twilight shadows are falling and the weary world is at rest,
That’s when I will whisper, “I know dear”, loving time is always the best
Chorus:
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Over There
George M. Cohan 1917
John-nie, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun,
Hear them calling you and me,
every son of liberty,
Hurry right away, no delay, go today,
Tell your sweetheart not to pine,
Take it on the run, on the run, on the run,
Make your Daddy glad to have had such a lad,
to be proud her boy’s in line.
Over there, over there, send the word, send the word, over there.
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tum-ming every where.
So prepare, say a prayer, send the word, send the word beware.
We’ll be over, we’re coming over, and we won’t be back ‘til it’s over Over there.
Johnnie, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun, Johnnie show the Hun you’re a son of a gun,
Hoist the flag and let her fly,
Yankee Doodle do or die,
Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit,
Yankees to the ranks from the towns and the tanks,
Make your mother proud of you and the old Red, White and Blue
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